Dombóvár – Bátaszék railway line

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Dombóvár-Bátaszék
Railway station building in Dombóvár
Railway station building in Dombóvár
Section of the Dombóvár – Bátaszék railway line
Course book range : 50
Route length: 60 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Top speed: 80 km / h
Route - straight ahead
by Pusztaszabolcs
   
by Lepsény
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by Csoma (narrow gauge)
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0 Dombóvár
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Dombóvár alsó from and to Koposvár
   
to Pécs
Stop, stop
4th Csikóstőttős
Station, station
13 Mágocs-Alsómocsolád
Stop, stop
22nd Szalatnak
   
23 Kárász - Köblény
Stop, stop
29 Szászvár
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to the brickyard (narrow gauge)
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32 Máza - Szászvár
Stop, stop
34 Váralja
Stop, stop
36 Nagymányok
Station, station
42 Hidas - Bonyhád
   
to Bonyhád
Stop, stop
44 Cikó
Stop, stop
48 Mőcsény
tunnel
Mőcsény Hill (607 m)
   
52 Mórágy
   
55 Mórágy - Alsónána
   
from Sárbogárd
   
from Pécs
Station, station
60 Bátaszék
   
to Mohács (planned)
Route - straight ahead
to Baja

The Dombóvár – Bátaszék railway , also known as the Danube-Draubahn, is a single-track branch line of the MÁV in southern Transdanubia .

course

The route runs from west-northwest to east-southeast. First, the route branches off in Dombóvár to the south. After Csikóstőttős the route points to the northeast and then to the southeast. Due to topographical conditions, the route is not straight, but maintains the direction from west-northwest to east-southeast.

history

The line was built in 1873 and opened to traffic on July 20, 1873.

At that time, due to the topography of the Mőcsény hill, two curves were circumnavigated so that the route ran in a large curve towards Szálka and Zsibrik. The 607 meter long tunnel was inaugurated in 1911 and is the third longest rail tunnel in the country.

According to disproved legends, Italian prisoners of war built the line, but the line was already in operation before the First World War. Since the start of operations, the route has been changed several times, the access road to Zsibrik was built on part of the former railway embankment, the Nordschleife was replaced and now serves as a fishing spot on what will later be Lake Szálkai. The underpasses under the former loop have been preserved to this day, although their condition continues to deteriorate. In its heyday, the route was of great importance as the Trans-Danubian traffic led to Szeged and Oradea. Since the Treaty of Trianon and the decline of mining, traffic on the branch line has subsided.

business

During the day, four passenger trains with railcars of the type Bzmot run on the route.

Web links

Commons : Dombóvár – Bátaszék railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Mőcsény - Magyarország és vasútállomásai vasúti megállóhelyei. In: vasutallomasok.hu. Retrieved August 15, 2020 (Hungarian).
  2. Vasút a mőcsényi Dombon át, egykor és ma. In: Honismeret. Retrieved August 15, 2020 (Hungarian).